Writer's Block and How to Use it

Yet, as prevalent as writer's block is, very little attention has been given to finding its causes and cures--until now. This book presents a radical new approach to this misunderstood condition--that writer's block is actually your creative mind's healthy response to an inner imbalance.

With this method you'll learn not only how to work through the block, but how to use it as a stepping stone to new levels of creativity and artistic growth. You'll find that writer's block can be an asset, instead of a plague, to your writing career.

In this upbeat, practical book you'll:

• learn what writer's block is

• find out what writer's block is not (not procrastination or a sign of failure)

• diagnose different types of writer's blocks, their causes, and their treatments

• get specific help in resolving such problems as beginner's block, perfectionism, notes and plans that refuse to make a book, and obsessive rewriting

• find your own writing dilemmas mirrored in the stories of dozens of distinguished writers

[From the Front Inside Flap]

Stop feeling guilty about your inability to write, guilty about procrastination that somehow leaves you time to do everything except write, guilty about the stacks of unfinished brilliant beginnings gathering dust in your desk drawer. You're not a failure, you simply have a classic case of writer's block.

In this book, Victoria Nelson takes the guilt out of writer's block by helping you understand exactly what writer's block is, what it's not, what causes it, and how to cure it. And, in a startling turn-around, she reveals that writer's block can actually be a positive factor in your development as a writer--a vital part of your artistic growth.

Nelson doesn't just treat the symptoms of writer's bloc